Property of a New York Estate
A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED IMMORTAL
LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED IMMORTAL
Late 18th/19th Century
Resting on a rockwork, the figure clad in long black lacquered draped robes with gilt scrolled patterning and a raised scrolling border, the chair face and hands lacquered red, the face with a contemplative expression, pierced with holes for a horse hair beard, the hair pulled up into a high topknot
21¼ in. (53.9 cm.) high (2)
Late 18th/19th Century
Resting on a rockwork, the figure clad in long black lacquered draped robes with gilt scrolled patterning and a raised scrolling border, the chair face and hands lacquered red, the face with a contemplative expression, pierced with holes for a horse hair beard, the hair pulled up into a high topknot
21¼ in. (53.9 cm.) high (2)